Africa-EU Renewable Energy Cooperation …...Objective: Promoting renewable energy market...
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Africa-EU Renewable Energy Cooperation Programme (RECP) A European Platform for Private Sector Participation in Africa’s RE Markets
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Africa-EU Renewable Energy Cooperation Programme (RECP)A European Platform for Private Sector Participation in Africa’s RE Markets
Gender in the Renewable Energy Cooperation Programme
Introduction of the RECP
Challenges in gender mainstreaming
Gender mainstreaming in the Programme Management Unit
Gender mainstreaming in RECP activities
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The Big Picture
IEA estimates that Africans with no access to electricity rise from 600 Mio (2011) to 645 Mio (2030) based on current trends
In order to achieve Sustainable Energy Access for all Africans by 2030, IEA estimates an additional investment volume of 385 Bn. USD is needed. Public funding must be leveraged by private funds.
Driving forces and interests:
Europe: access resources, new markets, limited funding
Africa: close the access gap, stable supply at low costs,
build local industry, reduce import dependency
International: strong support to energy access through
multilateral initiatives (SE4All); increasing competition
for future markets
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What is the RECP?
Objective: Promoting renewable energy market development in Africa, with a focus on meso-scale investments, through
Improving policy and regulatory framework conditions
Facilitating African-European private sector partnerships
Improving access to existing financing instruments
Training a new generation of energy professionals.
Funding: the European Commission, Austria, Finland, Germany and the Netherlands. The EC has announced an additional contribution.
The RECP was commenced under the Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP)
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RECP Activities
Activity
Policy Advisory Strategic Policy Advisory
Targeted Policy Advisory
Institutional Capacity Building
Inter-country Exchange and Dialogue
Private Sector
Cooperation and
Access to Financing
Information on Markets and Project Opportunities
Project and Partner Identification and Mobilization
Match-making
Facilitation of Access to Finance
Mobilization of European Financiers
Skills Development Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)
Higher Education on Renewable Energy
Stakeholder Capacity Development
Facilitation of Africa-EU Academic Collaboration
focus countriescoherent package of
activities
other countriesrequest and opportunity
based services
Europeassistance to service and
technology providers
RECP’s Services to the Private Sector
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Well structured, technology specific market reports
Identify concrete project opportunities in partner countries
Match-making and B2Bevents in Europe and in partner countries
Rapid policy support to close project specific regulatory gaps
Access to project preparation & project financing
Support from first
contact to financing…
…feeding into
existing and new
financing facilities
Challenges
Awareness of the topic gender is widespread, but gender remains a mere box to tick in many institutions and projects
Male domination in the energy sector; among staff in ministries, consultants, teaching staff and entrepreneurs
Many effects on gender roles of (donor) interventions in the energy sector are hidden and indirect
Women are often seen as passive stakeholders that experience (negative) effects from interventions instead of individuals with their own capacities that are instrumental to reach objectives of interventions or investments
RECP has a supporting and facilitating role, actual project design is defined by feasibility. It is RECP’s role to emphasise that gender mainstreaming can have a positive effect on feasibility
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Gender Mainstreaming: Programme Development
General mainstreaming
Awareness raising among partners
Private sector, governmental partners, education institutes
Briefing notes
Gender neutral project management
ToR, internal communication, staff
Quality control of (internal) documentation
Gender criterion at selection of focus sectors; specific attention for:
Rural electrification
Agriculture and agro-processing
Small scale production8
Gender Mainstreaming: policy advisory
Policy Advisory
Awareness raising among partners of
Different energy needs
Hidden effects of policies on gender roles
Women as agents of change
ECOWAS Renewable Energy Policy
in the context of implementation of the EREP an effort will be made to mainstream gender issues (...) and participatory approaches will be applied.
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Gender Mainstreaming: Private Sector Support
Private Sector Cooperation and Access to Financing
Awareness raising among partners
Selection of projects, special attention for
Inclusion of female headed households in (rural) electrification schemes
Social uses of energy (street lights, health care, education)
Productive use of energy in sectors with many female entrepreneurs
Women as change agents
Active scouting for women entrepreneurs
Role of women in project proposals and development
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Gender Mainstreaming: Skills Development
Skills development
Raising awareness among partners (universities, consultants), from the earliest stages onwards
Institutional gender mainstreaming; policies on staff selection and promotion, sexual harassment etc
Gender sensitive communication (channels) for institutions to attract and encourage female students and staff
Possibly: regional and intercontinental exchange between women in RE
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